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Where does “bwason” come from?

bwason (Haitian Creole) comes from French boisson, from Late Latin bibitionem, from Latin bibitus, from Latin bibō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

bwason (Haitian Creole): drink, beverage

Definitions

  1. drink, beverage

Ancestry of “bwason”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchboissondrink
2Late Latinbibitionem—
3Latinbibitusdrunk
4Latinbibō—
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →